Self-efficacy and diabetes prevention in overweight South Asians with pre-diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We evaluated the effects of a diabetes prevention itervention on self-efficacy (SE) and the associations between SE and diabetes-related outcomes among overweight Asian Indian adults with pre-diabetes in a randomized controlled translational trial (the Diabetes Community Lifestyle Improvement Program, D-CLIP).

Research design and methods

Data were obtained from 550 adults who were randomized to a diabetes prevention program or standard of care. Dietary and exercise-related SEs were measured at baseline, core intervention completion (4  months), and annually until the end of follow-up (3 years or diabetes diagnosis). Mixed-effects regressions described changes in SE over time by treatment group. Among treatment participants, multivariable-adjusted models described a

SUBMITTER: Cioffi CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6203034 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature